Show my wedding wadding tour I 1 was only heiteen when charlie married toe tae and I 1 wrote myself for the first time lime mrs charles veil vail jr and ami saw the initials of the same game blazoned on the iha end ard of 0 my new saratoga trunk when wo we slatted ou on out our wedding jour ur ney my madding weldi ag Jour nayl I 1 can speak of it calmly n now ow but the time liine was when it Larr harrowed owea up ray MY inmost soul to ro this day char charleu is becomes wrath when it is IB mentioned and says it is s my confounded imagination bat I 1 lie ho knows slid and I 1 know well that that is only one of 0 these convenient little loopholes loophole i through which big masca finity can crawl on emergency emer genoy and the facts remaining unchanged and india potable pu table I 1 shall defy charlie Oli arlio bud and state them to hit world imagine then render reader or listener w whoever heaver you yon maybe that the last silk bilk on ea train traia has haa swept itself out oat of trinity chapel and the last note ot of the nevita ble wedding march 11 shuddered itself eel I 1 oat tf tho the big groaning organ and that challie and E 1 are married alao alaa that the ho hissing and crying over Is achieved and the voices ol of my husbands slaters sisters and my maiden aunts boiling bailing down blessings blee singa on our heads bonida are happily lost in distance that the only bound we hear is m the rattle and roar of an express train thundering eastward and I 1 am looking out into the goldam noonday watching tho the field belila and roads and villages and woodlands race raca post ng as and sweep back into a like running water thore we ire oat two blissful young fools but it Is t of our bliss or our other either n that I 1 urn am going to tell you only of 0 tire tho singly adventure of oar wedding tour charlie t told me where wo we were to go and I 1 rather liked being loft left in ignorance knowing no more than that we were being swept away to some little paradise of our awn own it raight might be an island of the hesperides or Crul kingdom or E eilau den itself we stopped at a rood good many stations liy by the way that looked anything bat Paradisa ical but I 1 baw everything through a glass rosily na as 1 I fat a there demure demare and muto by charlies charlie side bide the shadows were growing short and etwas it was last atu noon oon when wo we stopped fit at some 11 ville villa or other whose loog long low struggling straggling buildings crowding close upon the track and the abe broad dusty village street branc branch hiop log off at right angles an glei are photographed upon my memory not tor for anything intrinsically remark a able ble there were only a good many to teams ms and firm farm wagons wagon and na open carriages biages and light carryalls car rr sn ryalls I 1 standing about with the lazy horses rubbing their noses against old worm eaten posts under the row ol of drooping green trees and plenty of people on the plat form crowding together for greetings and goodbyes good byes it was waa a commonplace 0 very day picture enough and not even a pretty one except in fragments there was a general exodus from the oar find and a ansh diun erward as we supposed toward the swinging sign eign of some gone nonee house 11 or other down the tha lazy little country and charlie looking ok ing at his watch raid caid it was twelve 0 clock and I 1 want some lunch af bourbo I 1 dida t but bat of course be said I 1 must have it and immediately started up ile he 6 he bo uve five min minutes he said jid and I 1 move tilleo came back I 1 was to guard our two tenta a ned and let no 1 ono I c come dle nigh them and above all I 1 was to sit bit still and not be led astray by any possible warnings to change cars were going through charlie remarked so BO last just keep the seats bents and dont pay any at tn ti tion I 1 nodded obedience and mr vail maro nia baI out of the car leaving leavi bg me to peer pear after him in the crowd and catch the last glimpse of his a straw hat vanishing down the ha street I 1 watched the crowd when charlie was waa cut cat ot of eight and mused and wondered ever the fanes faces and built up all sorts ol of dreamy upon unon thern then aa 28 one does in P a crowd alien they have ive nothing better batter to think of presently tho the door banged bancea open ru and ad the tha voice 0 of f some eoma unseen lone I 1 f shouted abon ted change oars cars to bior I 1 llos toi everybody began to scramble their bags and bundles end and bauco canea together ber and thero there WM a rush among me ila tew few who remained my fellow passengers I 1 etched t a t them ir c in g go 0 w without 1 t h 0 ir t emotion und ad merely r b settled myself mote comfortably for the solitary journey thron through gh which charlie bad indicated wondering a little where its ita foght be but bat ja in no wise disturbed or anxious thil th cret reat I 1 blared out it the people for gilve minutes louger longer itt cheat least so go bald the fat fated clock in th tha ladies room window thorah I 1 mado mada it opposite op ray my filly at least by mental calculi calculation tion nod then the loot door swung olien again this ilna timo time a i head ifil itself into cecle the car roared retired at all evidently lit at toe and vanished again 11 I 1 wont get out I 1 rep replied liel defying the iho empty hiir charlie om mo to mt auml im gome going to oli oh Char charlibel Ch arliet liel why in alo world dm t jou ou come bick back but no came ama it answer tae no aud arid I 1 began to stare out in in the crowd with rather moro more anxious byis and to grow a little hot and tin cuemy eRsy and to think with certain certini certin I 1 unpleasant thrills down my back what would become of mo me it if the ile tram traia should start bud and charlie t conlis come back at all alit at this point in ray my meditations the locomotive pave gave vent to an un arth ly screech I 1 took look for a tory symptom ct A departure and I 1 was wag so terrified that I 1 barted ii all from my sest beat just jnet as aa the ii little t tie door swung back for the third timo time to aamir of a last warning dornink r like that ol of friar filar bacon B brazen lead this time almo the faco face reappeared on a big suit edit of clothes some six BIZ feet high und and ww was a grim not to say btty irate visage parige clano cars I 1 said babil the person pelson gruffly 11 I 1 told you yea BO be twice be forel im to bit still I 1 replied replica meekly i I 1 in going through I 1 thought this alis was teas the iho right thing to bay because charlie had bad said it but bat it t have tire the right effect 11 change cars cata chati theres the BOB boa ton train over there this oar car runs back to new york I 1 simply stared blared at the verson person in a dogged way that he seemed to take very ery ill covael bomol he exclaimed waxing im pa tint 11 you yon cant bit bore bere all day you ou know where 10 yon yoa want to 10 go 2 I aidon I dont t know I 1 stammered 1 I was told to sit bit still rail aral I 1 I 1 must wait till the alio person comes back the man stared back at art me lao now with interest I 1 wheres where a your ticket voaid said he ie extending a dirty hand 1 I haven t got it I 1 answer e a in in a and conciliating tone tona sly my cliar at least the gentlemen gentleman who is is with me las got them the gentleman pretty fellow he must he bat I 1 told I 1 old yua you to sit fit still did he ha j I 1 made no reply to this ilo blo lack of respect in in reforming lefor ring to my absent lord lard but draw myself up and looked caked severely out of 0 the window wellbon well you cant go lack back to now new york tork 4 observed a d my tormentor summarily th the e beat thing for you to do is is to get an out end nI look lor for your gentleman miss saying which he Ire jerked my bag down from the rack turned the opposite seat beat which charlie b lad a d inverted back into its it place and by a specie of moral su tua asian cauuet me to pick up my brawls Bb awls parasols pata sola etc and follow liim him in in abject submission to the door now where did dia the gentleman go he demanded deman deil OB as he haladey me out on the platform lie ife went to got get me some lunch I 1 replied almost ready at this cheis to disgrace die graca my bri debood and cry and ON tol 1 you jou to sit bit still did he bo 2 well you stand eland tight right here bere and keep a lookout tor for him theres tho the boston train over there goes la ia fifteen nun min n and he cant can t get irate into it without your him if he be aint inside ii at ready and rny my advice is stick last fast whoa you yea do find him tor for ile he must nce need a looking after with which rem ariAle words the in man an set bob down my bag find aid winked at a bys aarder 11 what tho the row T inquired the person thus invited to participate in the tha enjoyment of 0 my boes woes their iben they whispered about me I 1 suppose all and everybody turned and stared at atma me poor little bridel there I 1 stood molding holding fast my parasol with a shawl wit on one arm my own small maull satchel on the other and charlies bigger one fit at my feet feeling like ilka a very 11 lone lorn critter indeed there stood three men in in a knot me and any quantity of the same bamo bocles coia coming lill and going who all looked at mo me as they passed and aad then turned round and stared acain and there was waa to no charlie visible in alt all the range of surrounding country dire thought began to be born within althin me and to turn me cold and damp with extreme terror the nightmare of c my infancy being lost came oama back upon mo me and crushed roy MY eaven teon years nail and the new dignity of mrs charles vail jr with a fell swoop what was to become of me 2 supposing there had bad been an accident and aad charlie Cli arlio knocked down and awful awfully mangled mang lej or that be just vanished vanie hed away as one occasionally doors of respectable gentlemen having done and never w wo a a ld id appear again or be heard board of at fill all supposing I 1 were jost j aaa to stand there waiting the tra traina lull i 8 away in the distance anil till night coming on as and all aill these theao strange men a staring and whispering pretty soon boon I 1 should begin to cry for I 1 stand it much maeh longer and hero here I 1 began to feel for my pocket handkerchief and that reminded me of my pocketbook pocket book as aa a slight blight resource I 1 dived to the utmost corner of my pocket before I 1 tre remembered that I 1 had bad eon aided it to charlie with wifely duty at the very actual of conr wedding trip tri at this alarming arming fil discovery a moisture broke out upon my entire frame A night under the loo joe of the depot crouched among my little possession now lionael before tae me unless I 1 1 deposit the ibo same pos poa less esi ions or pawn my diamond ring in anil d my gold bracelets for a nights lodging and a ticket back jonew to new york I 1 suppose the tha horror depleted on my con torance to nance was a challenge I 1 tor 0 r inquiry I 1 dont don t know what un on ez ex I 1 r e me it must have reached bell bat some borne body appeared to find end it moving for or a benedo benevolent smeared ent voice saluted my eura ears asare are you yon waiting tor for anybody m mm Is 7 I 1 turns round with a B gup gasp of alarm whitin subsided it a little ho hoover hoo vor whet when I 1 I 1 net met tic an eily fici bice t 1 an I 1 fit in the extreme 1 biondi mo me nuan said tile the old gon eon demon iu in a voice vo o 11 ate ait you ou waiting tor for any oua ona 2 1 III I 1 I hir mr im I 1 ru waiting for I 1 carno to it deahl di a 1 stop for charlie aboul ill i lly my husband VMS was a step beyond 1 ll 11 utter anca just now dow I 1 only odly turned scarlet choked cho keil and twisted the tha handle ot of my ay ling bag 10 in silence 11 la Is there anything I 1 can ilo do loi for you TOU 1 I dont doat know where to got gol I 1 burst out qui quite to involuntarily they told mo ina to ell cars card and ana I 1 biant diant expect to and I 1 bont dont know liatta to do my new friend looked bewildered unil and came a stop nearer dearer us as lie ho inquired in ia a solemnly lowered voice are you yon alone 1 11 no no I 1 said very quickly under my breath 11 who is with you 21 said eaid ho he with a c kind of compassion that lit A i little confused mo me I 1 did not lot under stand it 11 my a a gentleman ll 11 I 1 filtered full ered out 11 he heweet went out to get no some thing anil and ho he told no to bit bitt abill till anil and not move nud anti it a man and ani 1 made me change cars anti an I 1 I 1 dont know which cars we wa were vere to take ta lenail aud I 1 I 1 doul t see him any anywhere where here I 1 choked and fell to biting my lips and winking my two eyes hard to wink the tears down A gentleman P repeated my friend solemnly by this time two more luen had drawn draw tien near to lo listen 11 your lour father T no ko 11 brother then very flerl onslo inno IN N no I 1 began to got get very red and uncomfortable for table aud and to wish visit they t stare so BO 11 where are you yon going my dear I 1 asked the lie first samaritan after a solemn pause of oe some borne minutes minu tea 11 I 1 idon dont know I 1 answered faintly 11 lie ile tell me lo be j ast said ahen le je went to got get mo me some boma lunch that I 1 I 1 to move it if the mia man sail said to change cars cara for wo we were going through arid and I 1 told the man so BO but lie ha nindo made me change thai trains going a back bach to new york mild baid ono one of the last IMI arrivals gd cin cing 11 going through to boston was yon noll 1 I dont where I 1 was going I 1 answered very shortly lommo see bee your ticket said the ho old gentleman lie a lud had it a 01 OI 8 6 bibat way of look irig ng at ime mo over L his 0 spectacles end and ho he looked queerer till when I 1 answered fain aly iles got it and anda aldand a od my money ond and oll oli why doat he lie corat al here I 1 cast lease locae all ceremony and burst into tears oil dont cry cryvoff now noff hail the old gentleman soothingly 11 dont now I 1 it 11 be all light yo 11 he be taken cue care of where did the your friend where did he be go which mch way 1 I 1 dont don know I 1 bobbed from bond hi aind my handkerchief went to got get some lunch did he bay 1 well tell me what eort art ot of a looking person ereon lie ha was VM and perhaps we oan can find lim him was he fonna or old Y young ung I 1 murmured ali il behind a barriel 0 of f cam cambric brio W with wilh a yel ov Bir adar and K grey clothes aid a straw hat 11 pretty lad one of the men mutt erca reil aside to another I 1 I 1 sharp ollow fellow I 1 responded a second aud and then hen there were some bome of what tho the matter its A hamel left her did lo ila from a smail crowd that had by this time star started I 1 ed up around rne me I 1 I 1 well now just jat come cocia in in here and sit bit down said nay my old gentleman paternally internally gathering a ap p my bag 11 and an 1 compose Om iOBe yourself my dear and well we 11 see eoa what can bo be lone done dont cry cryl I 1 1011 only hatty flarry you yon mid and woos do liny rood good you yoa know there that s righta for or I 1 wiped my eyes ejea with the remnant of a sob fob pulled my veil down boil and wai turning taming to follow him hiim ehn As 1 I s adept w eilf 1 the he landscape oer with will one last 1 look 0 k 0 of a desperation ell aeration pe ration there appeared Charli Oh arlie agrey grey clothes and straw hat bat and ca yellow mustache an aal 1 all coming from torn the jim dim dia dieta tulice oco with a brown paper parcel mircol under nu ler eich each arm 1 I there ha be ial I 1 shrieked d rapping dropping bag jag and parasol in my ecstacy eca tacy and rustling down the platform with ex cz ended bonded aim 11 there he ill OIL ob call lini him 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